20th Madurai Film Festival 2018 : Films from Tamilnadu

20th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2018

Films from Tamilnadu

1) Ni Sa Ri Sa

Dir: J Madhan; 20 min; Tamil with Eng subtitles; 2017 

Affectionate siblings Kavinila and Kannan are ardent fans of A.R.Rahman. They are very possessive on their precious cassette collection. Neighbor girl Ramya and a missing cassette subsequently put their relationship upset. What could re-unite them? The cassette or the Music or a departure? 

2) Mudhugelumbu

Dir: Karunakaran C; 21:32 min; Tamil with Eng subtitles; 2016 

This is a story of an aged farmer who knows only agriculture from ages. He sells off his land to pay back the debt. He migrates to the nearby town in search of a job for survival.

3) Slipped Reincarnation 

Dir: Jayamurugan K; 9 min; Tamil with Eng subtitles; 

This is about who photographs and documents the liquor bottles thrown all over the places i.e., the roadside, streets, agri fields and Wells. 

4) Athe Suvar 

Dir: Surya Louis; 90 min; Tamil with Eng subtitles; 2018 

Walls have been built all over the world to stop "others" from "encroaching" certain territories. Here in Tamilnadu people from one community build a wall to protect a temple. But their neighbours and activists oppose and protest by calling it as a "Wall of Untouchability". 

5) Maasilan Aathal 

Dir: G. Nathan; 22 min; Tamil with Eng subtitles; 2016 

A truck driver is filled with guilt, for he had accidentally killed a motorist/ a man/ a husband /father.